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B-246974 1 (1992-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadobn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Wa Ia ComptroUer General of the United States Wa&tfhtoRD,O. 20648 Dwcision Matter of: Contracts for Students Providing Technical Support UWder 10 U.S.C. § 2360 File: B-246974 Date: .ay 29, 1992 DIGZST Although students at institutions of higher learning who provide technical support for defense research under contracts authorized by 10 USoC, § 2360 are not federal employees, there is no prohibition on including' terms in the contracts to provide holiday pay and mileage payments for local business travel, which normally accrue to federal employees, without violating the intent of the statute. DECISION Thequestion in this caseis whether students at institutions ofhigher learning who provide technical support for military research under contracts authorized by 10 U.S.C. § 2360 may be paid holiday pay and mileage for business travel under the terms of those contracts.' We find no prohibition against including term for such compensation in the contracts; however, settlement of individual claims under such contracts is a matter for the contracting officer under the Contracts Disputes Act, not our Office. BACKGROUND Pursuant to 10 U.SoC. § 2360, the Department of Defense may procure by contract the temporary or intermittentservices of students at institutions of higher learning to provide technical nupport for defense research. Two provisions contained in some of these contracts have been questioned by the Finance and Accounting Officer at the Picatinny Arsenal. One provision States that the student contractor may be reimbursed mileage costs, associated with otficial business travel not to excee'd the limits set forth in the Federal 'The question was submitted by the Finance and Accounting Officer, Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, involving claims by student contractors Aaron P. Schnatterly, Robert G. Kreisel, Jr., and Michael D. Bredehoeft.

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